Portal:Current events/2023 April 3

April 3, 2023 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bakhmut
  - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claims "legal control" of Bakhmut, although Ukraine denies this with its troops present in the city's western districts. (CNBC)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Lions' Den militant and a Fatah member are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two other Palestinians are arrested and dozens more are hospitalized due to tear gas. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

2021–2023 inflation surge
- Brent crude oil prices surge by $4.30 to $84.19 per barrel after OPEC announced a surprise cut in the output of oil exports by about 1.16 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil surges by $4.17 to $79.84 per barrel in response. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed, several are injured and damage is reported as a 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. (ABC News Australia)
After a magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, Russia, cracked walls and collapsed ceilings occur in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down. (KAM24)
Four people are injured after a fire breaks out in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. One person has been arrested on suspicion of arson. (AP)

Science and technology

Artemis 2
- NASA announces the four members of Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program which will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, and Victor J. Glover. (NY Times)